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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1895.
No. 10 OF 1895.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to regulate and restrict the wearing of Naval and Military Uniforms.
LS
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[29th May, 1895.]
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
Military
uniforius not
to be worn
without authority.
Penalty for bringing
contempt ou uniform.
Commence- ment.
BE
it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Uniform Ordinance, 1895.
2. In this Ordinance-
The expression "Her Majesty's military forces" means the regular forces, and any officer or vol- unteer as defined by Ordinance 6 of 1893.
3. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person within the Colony, not serving in Her Majesty's military forces, to wear the uniform of any of those forces, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform: Provided that this enactment shall not prevent-
(a) A member of a band from wearing at or for the purpose of a public performance by the band at any time within six years after the passing of this Ordinance any dress which, at the pass- ing of this Ordinance, is the recognised uniform of the band, unless the dress is an exact imita- tion of the uniform of any of Her Majesty's military forces; or
(b) Any person from wearing any uniform or dress in the course of a stage play performed in a place in which the public performance of stage plays is permitted, or in the course of a music hall or circus performance, or in the course of any bona fide military representation.
(2) If any person contravenes this section he shall be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
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4. If any person not serving within the Colony in Her Majesty's naval or military forces wears the uniform of any of those forces, or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform in such a manner or under such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt upon that uniform or employs any other person so to wear that uniform or dress, he shall be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
5. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23rd day of May, 1895.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Asscuted to by His Excellency the Governor the 29th day of May, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary,
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